In Suspicious Circumstances Absence of Mercy (Season 4, Episode 6)
TV Episode | Drama

In Suspicious Circumstances

Absence of Mercy (Season 4, Episode 6)

TV Episode | Drama

In the winter of 1863, poverty is rife, soon after taking out an insurance policy on her mother Mary, Alice Hewitt stands accused of murdering her mother by arsenic poisoning.

Director

Ken Horn

Writer

Carolyn Sally Jones

Producer

Sue Durkan

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Updated Jan 18, 1994

Release date

Jan 18, 1994 (United Kingdom)

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Edward Woodward Storyteller Storyteller See fewer	The Wicker Man (1973)
Lorraine Ashbourne Ann Bailey Ann Bailey See fewer	King Kong (2005)
Jane Belshaw Maria Hadfield Maria Hadfield See fewer	In Suspicious Circumstances (1991)
Mary Cunningham Catherine Ryan Catherine Ryan See fewer	Touching Evil (1997)
Julia Ford Alice Hewitt Alice Hewitt See fewer	Until I Kill You (2024)
Billy Hartman George Holt George Holt See fewer	Highlander (1986)
Guy Nicholls Doctor Higginbottom Doctor Higginbottom See fewer	Wetherby (1985)
Kate Paul The Neighbour The Neighbour See fewer	The House of Eliott (1991)
Lesley Staples Mary Mary See fewer	Calendar Girls (2003)
David Williams Samuel Garlick Samuel Garlick See fewer	Crown Court (1972)